or use all white beans, the choice of beans are all up to you. This soup is packed full of mixed dried beans that have been soaking overnight in cold water, remove water and set aside until ready to add to your boiler.
This bean soup is so delicious, packed full of ham and vegetables. Winter time soups I always think of bean soup it is comfort food for sure. Making this soup is so easy just follow these steps and enjoy building your flavours to this soup you will love it.
A cold winters day soup that will make you go back for more, this bright flavourful soup with tons of freshly cut vegetables.
Serve your soup with freshly baked buns or bread, recipe available on our site.
When making this bean soup if you don’t have a ham bone or leftover ham, use salt beef or salt ribs. If you replace ham with beef soak overnight or boil it for an hour then drain the pot water off before adding your beans or vegetables.
Anyway you make this soup you will be glad you did, if you only like to make bean soup without meat use vegetables stock or make your own.
Making your own stock you can add the following vegetables, parsnips, celery, onions, garlic, turnips and carrots. Let boil in a boiler of water for a couple of hours on a medium heat. Top with seasons of choice of course sea salt or celery salt, pepper, onion powder, thyme, or fine herbs.
I love tons of vegetables in my bean soup, but remember you can make this soup the way you like it, years ago there was big families and people made lots of soups and stews. They used lots of vegetables in there soups because it went a long ways, and of course they had homemade bread or rolls with their soup so they will feel more full for longer.
Just remember you can always add more freshly chopped herbs or seasonings if you like just taste your soup as it boils to know if you have enough flavours, keep building on theses flavours you will not be disappointed.
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